Squeak.
“Are you coming now?”
When Eugene returned home, a new character greeted him.
‘It’s definitely the seventh one, right above me,’ he thought.
It was Antonio Bedia, who was the same age as him.
“What brings you to this shabby place?”
“Do you think I came because I wanted to? Father has issued a summons. You need to visit the main house by tomorrow.”
A summons.
It was an order given by Alan Bedia, his father and the head of the family, to gather his children.
The most powerful mage in Seifran, known to be so strong he could fight a dragon alone.
He was also known to have reached the 10th circle, a divine level, in a human body. Alan Bedia alone was said to be as powerful as a national strategic asset for the kingdom.
Creak.
“So, don’t be late.”
Antonio stood up, brushed off his seat, and walked past Eugene.
At that moment.
“Oh, by the way…”
Whoosh.
Thud!
Antonio suddenly turned around and punched Eugene in the stomach.
“Why are you looking at me straight today? You usually look down… Ugh.”
Antonio grimaced, unable to withstand the pain from his own punch.
‘What… what’s this? Did he put something in his stomach?’
He had hit Eugene because he didn’t like that Eugene was looking at him differently today, but Eugene’s stomach was oddly hard.
Besides, Antonio, being a mage, didn’t have a robust body except for basic physical strength.
So when he punched Eugene, whose body had become more muscular after reaching the 3rd star, his own fist ended up hurting.
“You… what do you have in your stomach…”
Swish.
Eugene immediately lifted his shirt to show his bare stomach.
There was nothing but skin.
Antonio felt humiliated seeing that there was nothing there and frowned.
“Tsk… You better watch yourself.”
Tap.
Antonio, holding his fist, pushed Eugene’s shoulder and left the hut.
“Is that guy your flesh and blood brother?”
“Yes, the one right above me.”
“To think that such a brute is your brother…”
Eugene smiled at the remark and watched Antonio’s retreating back.
There are eight children in the family.
However, the family situation is complicated.
Eugene’s grandfather, Tulcan Bedia, did not like Eugene’s father Alan Bedia’s original wife, Sasha Ariel.
The reason was that Sasha Ariel was too weak, so the grandfather forced his father to have children with other noblewomen and married them off.
Antonio was a child of one of those concubines.
To be precise, the first and sixth siblings were from concubines. Eugene was Sasha Ariel’s child.
The second, fourth, and fifth siblings were Romian Delus’ children.
The third and seventh siblings were Ketil Dain’s children.
In other families, children of concubines would typically be looked down upon and ignored, but in this family, the concubines’ children held power within the family.
“I think I need to put him in his place.”
Was the swelling emotion in his chest the original feeling of this body?
If so, since it is now his body, he decided to act according to its desires.
The next day.
Eugene opened his wardrobe and took out the clothes he wore only for summons.
The cleanest clothes he had.
The rest were tattered clothes.
It seemed like he had picked up clothes discarded by others as the lengths of the sleeves and pants did not fit.
“These are the cleanest clothes I’ve seen.”
As Eugene finished changing, Taeje approached him.
“They are clothes I wore only during summons.”
“Pfft, they gave them to you so you can pretend to be neat in front of your father?”
“No…”
It won’t be like that.
If the body’s memory is correct, these clothes were bought for him by his older brother, the firstborn, Aster Bedia.
On Eugene’s birthday, when he was alone in the hut, his brother gave him these clothes as a gift.
A brother who showed him kindness and warmth, and who was born from the same mother.
‘Brother Aster is probably out on a monster subjugation mission in the Kantea Kingdom due to the academy exams… Will the first brother come as well?’
The world of Seifran is divided into three kingdoms and one empire.
The Bedia family belongs to the Lukail Kingdom, which is part of the Ruikalon Empire.
The Bedia family governs one of the territories in the Lukail Kingdom.
The territory, also called Bedia, was the most advanced in magic, with magical goods being a local specialty and highly traded.
“Stay home.”
“Yeah, have a good trip. Yawn.”
Taeje, looking annoyed, greeted Eugene and flopped onto the bed, falling asleep immediately.
‘To think that he’s a divine beast…’
Eugene, thinking this would have angered Taeje if he heard it, shook his head and closed the hut door, set up a barrier, and started walking.
***
‘It’s quite a distance.’
Eugene thought about the distance as he looked at the main gate of the main house.
He remembered it as not being far from the body’s memory, so he walked, but it was farther than expected.
Moreover, because Taeje moved back and forth quickly, he thought it was closer.
However, it took a full three hours even with lightfoot.
Of course, his lightfoot was still lacking in level, so it was not very fast, but it was still as fast as a horse running, and yet it took three hours.
‘If I knew this, I would have taken a carriage…’
Though there were carriages and drivers within the family, none of the brothers sent a carriage for the forgotten Eugene.
Swoosh.
Eugene entered through the open front gate.
Today, because of the summons, the gate was open, and the guardian mages guarding the gate were inside instead of outside.
In the meantime.
Eugene, who entered through the gate, stopped and looked at the guardian mages standing on either side.
“Can’t you see I came in?”
“Pardon?”
The guardian mage frowned and tilted his head at Eugene’s words.
“I am a child of the Bedia family. I believe the guardian mages should greet a family member?”
Eugene’s words implied that they should greet him.
‘I know this body was ignored within the family.’
But not anymore.
Now that he is the owner of this body, there will be no more disregard or disdain.
“Ha…”
“Ha?”
As the guardian mage laughed mockingly, Eugene slowly exuded killing intent.
They would raise their voices to greet his brothers as if their voices could reach the sky, yet they mocked him.
“I’ll say it again. I am a child of the Bedia family.”
“For… For the glory of the Bedia family!”
The guardian mage, sweating coldly from Eugene’s killing intent, finally raised his voice and greeted Eugene.
Tap. Tap.
After receiving the greeting, Eugene silently patted the guardian mage’s shoulder and walked into the main house.
If the body’s original owner saw this, he would have been astonished.
‘The world is the same everywhere, whether in Zhongyuan or here.’
An era where power is supreme.
‘Just for a greeting…?’
In the body’s memory, except for his childhood, the guardian mages never greeted him.
Starting with the brothers’ disregard, everyone ignored the original owner of the body, Eugene.
Squeak.
Eugene opened the main house’s door and went inside.
“You managed to come?”
It was Antonio Bedia who greeted Eugene.
Antonio looked displeased that Eugene had come to the main house.
“You look like you’re seeing someone who shouldn’t be here.”
“What?”
Flinch.
As Antonio tried to get angry at Eugene’s retort, he stepped back unknowingly, feeling an inexplicable chill when their eyes met.
“What are you doing there? The head of the family is waiting.”
“Brother Aster…?”
Seeing Aster looking down at him and Antonio from the central stairs, Eugene’s heart began to pound.
He couldn’t tell if it was because the body remembered and was happy or because Aster Bedia had achieved an extraordinary level unmatched for his age.
‘Master level…’
Aster Bedia was indeed at a master level, equivalent to the pinnacle in Zhongyuan.
‘If I recall correctly, the eldest, Aster Bedia, is 24 years old this year.’
Already, he has reached the peak.
Even from the perspective of Eugene, who was once the Heavenly Demon, Aster had reached the pinnacle at a remarkably early age.
Although it was not martial arts like in the martial world but as a wizard, achieving the 7th Circle was still a significant accomplishment.
Nonetheless, Aster was undoubtedly growing faster than other wizards.
In short, he was decades ahead of others.
‘I’m curious about his future.’
Swallowing hard, Eugene found himself deeply curious about Aster’s future.
Some might mockingly say that a 9-year-old kid is curious about his elder brother’s future, but Eugene was once the Heavenly Demon.
Therefore, Eugene’s curiosity about Aster’s future was as good as a compliment.
“Hey, what are you doing here?”
While Aster was watching Eugene and Antonio on the first floor, another brother suddenly appeared, putting his arm around Aster’s shoulders.
‘Joel Bedia.’
Joel Bedia, the second eldest, who had reached the peak like Aster, the son of Romian Delus, approached Eugene.
“Long time no see?”
When Joel smirked at Eugene, Eugene bowed slightly to greet Joel.
“Coming back home after six years, how does it feel?”
“Hmm… The main house has become quite rundown over the past six years. It’s not much different from my cabin. If I had to point out a difference, it would be the furniture?”
“…What?”
Joel frowned at Eugene’s response, his expression hardening.
At the same time.
“Ha ha ha ha.”
Aster threw his head back and laughed so hard the building seemed to shake.
It was clear that Joel’s question about how Eugene felt was meant to insult him.
The implication was that a banished person must be thrilled and humbled to return to the main house.
However, Eugene dodged Joel’s ploy by remarking on the building’s decrepit state, subtly implying that there was no difference between the main house and his cabin, thereby hitting back at Joel.
‘It’s only been three years since I last saw him. What on earth has happened to him in those three years?’
Aster looked at Eugene with a delighted smile, his eyes sparkling.
“This bastard…?”
“Enough. The head of the house is waiting.”
Aster stopped Joel before he could get angry, mentioning their father.
In fact, there was still some time left until the hour Alan, the head of the Bedia family and their father, had set.
So Aster had been chatting with his younger brothers, but he brought up their father to prevent Joel from getting angry in this unexpected situation.
“…I’ll see you later.”
Shrug.
Eugene shrugged nonchalantly at Joel’s warning and lightly tapped the dazed Antonio on the shoulder.
“What are you doing?”
“Huh… huh??”
“The head of the house is waiting, we should go up.”
“Huh…?”
Antonio, as if in a trance, followed behind Eugene.
Originally, Eugene wouldn’t have been able to walk ahead of Antonio.
But now, Eugene walked in front of Antonio, with Antonio following close behind.
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